Whoooo. Another chapter for The Other Side or as I named it "TOS"! As TEM said before in the last chapter and I agreed with her, but some how this chapter turned out to be a four thousand chapter, I honestly don't know how that happened, but for the next chapter we can't promise another four thousand chapter. But maybe a little bit more into farther chapters. They'll be a bit longer. We do promise Bethan more of course! We wouldn't make a Bethan story and not throw lots of Bethan.

I fangirled hard in the last chapter, - there's a reason why.. Well, there's tons of stuff in Ethan's life.. we don't know if his parents will be okay with him being good, Jesse has been losing his hold on Ethan, it just didn't show more scenes until the last chapter. And yeah, Benny makes Ethan a big old softie... He's still kicking ass though.

And so I should really shut up now and let you all read the next chapter since I've put it off long enough while I finished another chapter! - Something slightly big is probably going to happen in this chapter! Just saying! So anywhooooooo...

Enjoy!

Ethan was nervous, then again who wouldn't be? Benny was coming over to his house today. He was excited and nervous at the same time - excited to see how Benny acted with his family and nervous to hear what his parents thought of him. Ethan thought if Ross and Samantha met him, maybe they'd think differently of him because he and Benny had some sort of "thing" going on between them, but his mom, dad and sister didn't know about that - and they really didn't need to know either.

At least until Ethan knew what he was going to do about the whole mess he was in right now.

Now he was getting out of the shower. After another day of hard training he needed the nice warm water to help with his sore and aching muscles. Jesse for some reason trained him harder today. Maybe it was because he was pissed about Jane not getting to train alongside him. Or the fact that he had stood up against him.

Who knew? It was Jesse he was talking about. Jesse the hard ass vampire that took any way to win at something.

Ethan sighed.

He needed to stop thinking so damn much. Then maybe he could get his head out of the clouds and see what was really in front of him, which was slowly starting to happen.

He dried himself off and threw on some cleaner clothes. Before he headed down the stairs, he had to talk to his parents about how to act in front of Benny and make sure they didn't give harsh glares behind Benny's back, or even say harsh things to him.

The only person he didn't have to worry about was Jane. After all she was probably the one that could act like she was normal. She did it all of the time. It sometimes worried his parents that she never wanted to train or use her powers, but then they'd remember that she was different from Ethan and just leave it at that.

He walked into the kitchen to find his mother trying to get started on dinner. When she heard her son enter the room, she turned around with a smile on her face. He smiled back at his mother, and she could already tell something was behind that smile. He was her son after all.

"Hey, honey," Samantha said.

"Hey, Mom." Ethan greeted back with a small sigh at the end which wasn't meant to be heard. But Samantha heard it.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" she asked him, watching her son as he sat down in one of the chairs.

He bit on his bottom lip. "I've something to ask you and Dad to do.. And where is Dad, anyways?"

"I had him run to the store to pick up a few more things for dinner since I'm cooking for one more person tonight," she answered. "Now, tell me Ethan what's on your mind."

"Benny doesn't know about the supernatural, and for just tonight, I want you and dad to act like we're all normal human beings and not a family of powerful Seers," Ethan stated. His mother took in what he said and nodded her head, agreeing.

"Okay, just for tonight," Samantha agreed, with a look on her face.

Ethan smiled before standing up and hugged his mother. She patted his back.

"I just want you to know, honey, if you have anything to tell me or your father, please tell us because you know that you can trust us."

"Yeah, I know. Thanks for agreeing, Mom," Ethan told her.

Samantha sighed, as she watched her son leave the room. Why did all children have to grow up so fast?

A little while later, Benny was ready to go over to his friend's house - or boyfriend's house, or his boy friend's house. He really didn't know what him and Ethan were. Were they friends that kiss? Were they just friends? Or were they more than friends? Dating was harder than movies and TV shows made it seem to be.

Why did everything have to be so hard for him? Somehow he was getting dragged into a vampire battle, because of his grandmother being a powerful old Earth Priestess, and oh the fact that he was falling in love with someone that was human and had no idea of the supernatural world was just the topping on the cake.

Kissing Ethan seemed like the best thing he ever did.

A smile appeared on his lips, as he thought about that kiss. It felt so right with Ethan. Then again he was his first ever male kiss. He had kissed a girl before, but it didn't feel right as it did with Ethan.

He knew his grandmother was going to accept him. Why wouldn't she? He was like the only family she had left. He never liked to remind himself that one day she'd be gone.

Benny touched his lips before shaking his head. The smile still upon his face as he grabbed his phone and jacket. Even though he was only going next door, it was still slightly chilly outside.

As he walked down the stairs, he heard his grandma watching TV in the living room. She was probably either watching the news or her soap operas that she always loved to catch up on when Benny was either going out or when he was at school.

"Grandma, I'm going over to Ethan's for a while. I'll try to be back around ten or so!" he called out, heading to the front door.

"Alright! Try not to have so much fun with Ethan, up in his room. Alone," Evelyn called back, making Benny stop dead in his tracks. Did she just say what he thought she said? He heard a chuckle sound from where his grandma was sitting in the living room. She knew that it would make her grandson stop and stand there in shock at what she had said.

"What?"

The elderly woman turned to see that her grandson was now standing in the living room. She just smiled at him.

"You know what I mean, Benny. You honestly think I wouldn't notice a change in you?" She raised an eyebrow at him.

Benny chuckled nervously. "What do you mean by a change?"

He was nervous. Did She figure out about the kiss between him and Ethan? Or did she see the kiss between them? Oh god.

"Don't be so nervous. I saw how you two acted after you boys started hanging out with each other more without Rory nearby. And yes, I noticed how lovesick you looked after walking him home yesterday. Either you admitted feelings or you two kissed... I figured it was the second one," Evelyn explained with a smirk on her face as Benny's mouth dropped open and then closed it.

"I thought so."

Benny tucked his hands into his pockets. "You aren't upset? About me, liking another guy and um, kissing him?"

"No, Benjamin. I'm happy as long as you are happy, and if being with Ethan makes you happy, then I'm happy for you two." Evelyn said, as he nodded.

They said their goodbyes, and Benny gave her a kiss on the cheek before heading out the door.

He couldn't wait to see Ethan.

At the Morgan house, Samantha was cooking dinner while her husband Ross was trying to steal food, and she kept having to smack his hand every time he got even near them.

"Stop it, Ross!" Samantha hissed, smacking his hand harshly again with the wooden spoon in her hand. She chuckled as he jerked back his hand in pain. "You'll just have to wait until dinner."

She turned back to the dinner, checking up on it. "So the rules are: act like normal human beings tonight because Ethan's friend, Benny is coming over and he doesn't know about the supernatural."

"He doesn't know? I thought everyone Ethan was friends with knew about the supernatural," Ross stated with a confused look on his face.

His wife just shrugged. "Not this one, Ross. Ethan hasn't talked about him that much until a few days ago."

Ross just made an 'o' face and went silent. The only thing that could be heard in the room was Samantha cooking. Until...

Ding-dong-ding.

"Oh, that must be him!" she grinned, turning down the pot on the stove.

Ethan was in his bedroom when the doorbell rang. Oh god, Benny was here. Benny was here! He felt he needed to be dancing or something because he was excited for Benny being at his house and for his parents to meet him. He was still worried over the fact that they might not like him.

With a huge smile on his face, he opened his bedroom door and headed down the stairs. Samantha reached the door and turned the knob.

Benny stood there with his hands in his pockets, looking around when a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes opened the door, making him turn towards her. She was beautiful for an older woman. She must be Ethan's mother.

"Hi, I'm Samantha. You must be Benny, come on in," Samantha said, standing out of the way and letting Benny inside.

"Dinner's going to be ready in a few. Until then you can stay in Ethan's room," she told him, before heading back into the kitchen.

Benny looked around the living room. He noticed nothing out of the normal - a flat screen TV in the corner, pictures of Ethan, a little girl who must be Jane, a few of them together, than a few family pictures, books in the shelves and a coffee table. Yep nothing out of place here, just a normal home.

"Hey you," a voice said, making the taller teen look over at the entrance to the living room, where Ethan stood.

"Hey to you too," Benny smirked, walking over to him, his hands still in his pockets. "How are you doing?"

Ethan shrugged. "Fine. Better that you're here now."

Benny smiled and found himself leaning in before Ethan pushed his face away from his, giving him a knowing look, stating, "Anyone could walk in and see them kissing". He sighed and mumbled a, "Right".

"Who was that at the door?" Jane asked, bouncing down the stairs and into the living room. She looked up and found her brother and Benny standing there, looking slightly guilty.

"You must be the Jane I've been hearing about. I'm Benny, your big brother's friend," he told her, holding out his hand.

And her face just lit up like a Christmas tree. This was the Benny. The Benny that was making her brother good again.

"I'm Jane! So you're the Benny, my brother has been talking about lately," she stated, shaking Benny's hand.

"Oh, he has?"

Jane nodded. "Yep. He talks like he really likes you."

"Jane!" Ethan hissed. She just stuck her tongue out at him.

"It's nice meeting you, Benny." She smiled at him sweetly, skipping into the kitchen.

Ethan groaned, rubbing his forehead. "I'm so sorry about her, Benny. She likes to think differently than others."

Benny kissed the side of his head. "It's fine. You were right about the annoying part. But at least you've got someone to annoy you."

"Yeah, come on. Let's go upstairs."

About an hour later, Ethan and Benny were both playing a video game after Ethan had showed Benny his room. He thought that he might have a heart attack or pass out from seeing the few comic books he had that the other boy didn't. And also a few video games that had come out and somehow Ethan had gotten them before Benny did.

Needless to say, either of them was winning at this game.

"Man, this game is tough just like-"

"Knights of Ninjitsu four," Ethan and Benny both finished at the same time, causing both of them to blush. Since when do they talk at the same time?

"You played Knights of Ninjitsu four?"

"Yeah. I mean who doesn't? Although it was pretty hard, it took me like an hour to make it to level two!"

"Took me about twenty minutes," Ethan replied, which made Benny's mouth drop open.

"Really?! You are like the best gamer ever if you did so," Benny stated, as Ethan smiled.

"Well, than it looks like I'm the best gamer ever."

Benny chuckled, before turning back to their game. They played for a few more minutes before Samantha shouted that dinner was ready. Ethan paused the game, and placed his controller on the desk. Benny did the same. Both walked over to the door, but not before their hands brushed together, and the feeling of sparks rushed through each other's hands and through their bodies.

"Whoa," Ethan breathed, yanking his hand away from Benny's hand and stared at it.

"Did you feel that?" Benny asked, getting a nod from the other.

What did those sparks mean? To Benny he already knew that answer, just like the seer said, he'd find that person he'll love, and that person was Ethan. It just had to be him.

"Ethan! Benny! Dinner is going to get cold!" Samantha's voice broke through the silence between the two boys.

Benny shook his head, coming out of the daze. He took Ethan's hand and gave it a light squeeze and a quick peck on the lips. Than they walked out of the room and downstairs.

"Remember, Ross. No magical powers talk, Benny doesn't know about the supernatural life. So only questions about life," Samantha explained, placing their dinner onto the table. Ross nodded his head.

"Do job jokes count as questions about life?" he questioned, earning a light smack on the arm and a snicker from their daughter.

"Unless you want our son's friend being bored to death, I suggest no job jokes, Ross."

"Mom. Dad, if you guys are done over there," Ethan said, breaking up whatever his parents were talking about only him and Benny caught the end of it. The "no job jokes, Ross" part.

"Benny, you've already met my mom and sister but you haven't met my dad."

"You can call me Ross," Ross told Benny, holding out his hand for the teen to shake.

"It's nice to meet you, Ross. I guess you already know I'm Benny," he took his hand and shook it.

Samantha cleared her throat, silently telling them to sit down and enjoy the lovely meal she had cooked for them.

Ross took his seat at the end of the table next to his wife, who Jane was sitting next to while Benny and Ethan sat together on the other side of the table.

After a while into the meal, Samantha thought that it was a little too quiet for her liking and she wanted to ask Benny a few questions.

"So, Benny," she began, as she put her fork down. Benny looked up from his plate and at the blonde woman. "How long have you and Ethan been friends?"

"For about a year, or so," he answered truthfully.

Samantha raised an eyebrow and looked over at her son who looked down at his plate. She wondered why he never brought Benny over to meet them sooner.

"Benny, what do your parents do? And do you have any siblings?" Ross asked.

Benny placed his fork down and looked at Ross and Samantha They were asking him about siblings and his parents even though he knew they were just asking him questions to find out what he was like. Talking about his parents was hard for him to do.

"Well, I don't have any siblings. I am an only child. I live with my grandmother. My mom died when I was five. My dad works a lot out of town, so I never really see him," he answered, picking up his fork and digging into his dinner again. He just gave them the short part of his life. There was more to it but they didn't need to know about the rest.

Samantha nodded her head. "I'm sorry about your mother."

"It's okay. I really didn't know her that much but it still hurts, I'm making it through the day knowing she's up there watching over me."

Ethan smiled lightly as Benny's hand found his underneath the table. Benny turned his head over and looked at his friend. Or was it boyfriend? He still didn't know. Samantha and Ross didn't notice how they were staring at each other. They brushed it off and smiled at them before going back to their dinner.

The only one that did notice something behind those smiles and looks was Jane. She could see it behind those friendly-ish looks and smiles - something she always saw in her parents' smiles and looks. She saw the love and care behind friendly smiles and looks towards each other.

She could be wrong though but all she needed to see was something go down between Benny and Ethan that would explain everything about Ethan's sudden change, over the past few days. Either it was their friendship or something more. She needed to find out.

After dinner, small talks with Ethan's parents Ross and Samantha and more video games later, Benny had looked up at the clock and saw it was around ten. His grandma was probably wondering when he was going to come home. He really didn't want to keep her up when she probably had things to do in the morning.

"E, I gotta get going before my grandma starts to worry if I'm coming home or not," he said, standing up from Ethan's chair.

He nodded his head, and put his controller down. "Okay, I'll walk you out."

After Benny said his goodbyes to Samantha and Ross who were cleaning up the house before going to get ready for bed, he walked outside.

"So, where my parents bad?" Ethan asked quietly, closing the front door behind him That made Benny grin and shake his head. They were perfect parents. Besides, Samantha was talking about how cute Ethan was when he was a baby and then she showed him the cutest baby pictures of Ethan, and Ross was making the lamest jokes about his job. He would say they were probably the best parents in the world.

"No, they weren't. Your parents were great," Benny chuckled.

Ethan smiled.

"Although, next time I am over, I should ask your mom for a baby picture of you. That way I can have something of you in my wallet," he whispered lowly, making the shorter boy shiver lightly at how it sounded.

"I will remind you..." he trailed off.

Benny grinned, then he put his hands onto Ethan's hips, pulling him close until their chests touched. Benny leaned down and kissed Ethan ever so gently on the lips. Ethan's hands went to Benny's arms, resting them there. As they kissed, Benny had missed the feeling of Ethan's soft lips on his. He had almost forgotten what it was like to kiss Ethan. That peck on the lips was just a peck. But this was a real kiss.

Ethan smiled into the kiss as their lips moved together gently. They kissed for about two more minutes, before moving away from each other. Ethan's cheeks burned with a dark blush on his face while Benny breathed out with a smile on his face.

"Wow," Ethan exclaimed, looking up at Benny who nodded in agreement.

"Yeah," he agreed.

"So, um, see you tomorrow then?"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow," Benny said, before leaning in and giving Ethan a light kiss on the lips before he waved goodbye and headed towards his house while Ethan smiled to himself, touching his lips were Benny had kissed him before opening the door and walking back inside.

With a happy sigh, he walked up the stairs to get ready for bed.

Jane just stared out the window at the spot where her brother and Benny had just been kissing, did her eyes play tricks on her? Or did her brother and his friend just kiss in front of her eyes? So that's why Ethan had been acting so differently ever since him and Benny have been hanging out. They were together. Together!

A huge smile appeared on the little girl's face before she turned around.

"I can't wait to blackmail Ethan about this!" she giggled, bouncing on her feet. If things went the way she thought they would, Ethan would be switching sides from Jesse's to Anastasia's, then he'd be Benny's boyfriend and he'd finally be good and not evil.

She could only hope.

Evelyn was searching high and low. For what? Her spell. She thought she had left it on the table, but it wasn't there. So she thought that she had left it somewhere else hidden. But she hadn't found it. That spell was important for the battle against Jesse's side. She didn't know if someone had come in while her and Benny were gone and taken it as a plan for Jesse's side against theirs.

Anastasia's side was going to be screwed if she didn't find that damn spell.

"What am I going to do?" she asked herself over and over again, rubbing her forehead. If she already didn't have grey hairs on her head. She sure as hell would have them now.

Her front door opened and shut loudly and her grandson's voice followed shortly behind it. "Hello? Grandma? Are you still awake? Or did you fall asleep watching reruns of your soaps again?"

She didn't even answer him. She just kept looking through her books, accidently knocking one of the other books off of the shelf. She sighed to herself and went to pick up the book when Benny opened the door and walked inside the room.

"Grandma, what's wrong? Why are all of the books out of place?" he asked, bending down and picking up the book his grandmother had accidently knocked off the shelf.

"It's gone, Benny. The spell. It's gone," Evelyn answered, Benny's eyes widened. No, the spell couldn't be gone.

"What do you mean by gone?!"

"Gone as in taken, Benjamin! Someone from Jesse's side must've broken in and stolen it! Because it's not where I left it!" she shouted back.

Benny cursed under his breath. "Grandma, I'm sure that nobody could've broken in and stolen the spell. You probably just misplaced it."

Evelyn shook her head. "No, Benny. Someone stole it. I've searched all of my books, all of the places I could've hidden the spell, even where I thought I left it, but the spell is gone."

"Grandma, go lie down and get some rest. You and I will look for the spell in the morning," Benny told her, leading her out of the room.

He hoped that she just simply misplaced the spell, but something in the back of his mind was saying the spell was stolen. But by who? He didn't think it could be anyone from Anastasia's side, since they were all working together. There could be a spy within Anastasia's side, or someone that he knew that was a spy for Jesse's side.

It was impossible. It couldn't be anyone he knew. The only people he knew were anyone from Anastasia's side, Rory and Ethan. There was no way that it could be any of them, everyone rather lived under Anastasia's rules than Jesse's. Rory was his best friend, so it couldn't be him. And Ethan, he was normal. A human and not a supernatural being. It wasn't him. It couldn't be him, he wouldn't do this to him. Right?

Benny sighed. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought.

Whooo! Another chapter done and completed! I hope this makes up for the "not updating in a month" thing. I had a lot on my plate, my grandmother pasted away (not last Friday but) the last Friday before that, the viewing was on Sunday and the funeral was on Monday- than I got sick that Friday and etc.

I got some Bethan in that chapter, and some mother-son moments between Ethan and Samantha, and some grandmother-grandson moments between Grandma Weir and Benny. I thought that it needed that- also it never said what happened to Benny's mom in MBAV- all he has is Evelyn and his dad in MBAV. Never said what happened to his mother.

So what's gonna happen now that Evelyn and Benny have found that the "Vampire weakening spell" is missing... When's Benny gonna find out that it was Ethan that had taken the spell? It's up to TEM and I, when so, - also what's Jane going to do about Benny and Ethan's relationship? We shall seeeeee.

I'll let TEM take over the wheel for a bit, let her write out another amazing Bethan chapter- until that time comes.

~Bethan Forever